Bharat Jodo Yatra's impact to be felt in 2024 Loksabha polls, not in assembly polls: Jairam Ramesh

The impact of Bharat Jodo Yatra led by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will be felt in the next parliamentary elections in 2024 not in assembly elections the party general secretary incharge communications Jairam Ramesh said on TuesdayTalking to the media here today Jairam Ramesh said that the impact of Bharat Jodo Yatra if any would be felt in 2024 elections and not in assembly elections of various states including Gujarat and Himachal PradeshYou will ask what will be its impact in Gujarat or Himachal polls It wont have any he saidBharat Jodo Yatra has nothing to do with any vote bank Its motive is different beyond politics This is a yatra of political people against political thieves he addedAlso readRahul Gandhis Bharat Jodo Yatra heads for Washim in MaharashtraThe Yatra will promote togetherness it has united our party Its impact if any will be felt in 2024 elections he addedThe Congress leader said a grand public meeting would be held at Shegaon in Maharashtras Buldhana district during the yatra on November 18 Rahul Gandhi who is leading Bharat Jodo Yatra will be the chief guest in the rally he addedIn reply to a question he said Nationalist Congress Party NCP and Udhav Thackerays faction leaders are already participating in the Bharat Jodo yatra NCP and Shiv Sena Udhav Thackeray faction are partners with the Congress Maha Vikas Aghadi alliance in Maharashtra he saidNCP leaders took part in the Nanded rally whereas Shiv Senas Aaditya Thackeray himself participated in the yatra Another Shiv Sena leader Priyanka Chaturvedi also expressed her willingness to participate in the yatra he addedBharat Jodo yatra is not a magical stick you said it and it happened We want to work on the grassroot level in every state The election agenda is in hands of leaders of states MLAs and MPs do not depend only on Rahul Gandhi he addedOn this occasion a former Maharashtra minister Yashomati Thakur slammed Shinde government for misusing powerThey are misusing central government agencies ED and all We are seeing Jitendra Awhad case Its an unconstitutional government If we gave money from our pocket who are you to charge us she addedThe Yatra began on September 7 from Kanyakumari It will end in Kashmir next yearIt is the longest march on foot by any Indian politician in the history of India the Congress had claimed earlier in a statementThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever